inmate
- n. 囚犯, 住院者
- Definition
- n. a person who lives in an institution such as a prison or hospital
- Example
- Each inmate followed a strict daily schedule inside the prison.
- 每个囚犯在监狱里都要遵守严格的日程安排。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: a person held in prison (noun).
比较义项：囚犯，即被关押在监狱等机构中的人（名词）。
- inmate 本词
Inmate is a neutral, broad term for anyone confined in an institution such as a prison or hospital; it does not by itself state that the person was convicted of a crime.
inmate 是一个中性、宽泛的词，指被关押在监狱、医院等机构中的人，本身并不说明此人是否被判有罪。
Inmates at the state psychiatric hospital attend group therapy every week.
州立精神病院的住院者每周都要参加集体治疗。
- convict
Convict specifically names a person who has been tried and found guilty of a crime and sent to prison, so it always implies a criminal conviction, unlike inmate.
convict 特指经审判被判定有罪并被送进监狱的人，因此它总是隐含“已被定罪”的意思，这一点与 inmate 不同。
The judge sentenced the convict to fifteen years for armed robbery.
法官判处这名罪犯十五年监禁，罪名是持械抢劫。
Both can mean a person held in an institution. Inmate is neutral and broad, for anyone confined in prison or hospital, without saying they were found guilty. Convict specifically means someone tried and found guilty of a crime. Convict's verb sense is not compared here.
这两个词都能指被关押的人，但侧重点不同：inmate 是中性、宽泛的说法，泛指被关押在监狱、医院等机构中的人，不一定说明此人有罪；convict 则特指经审判被判定有罪并被送进监狱的人，强调其罪犯身份。convict 还有“宣判…有罪”的动词义项，这里不作比较。